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appel.

apple (Malus domestica, fruit or tree)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑ.pəl/[ˈɑ.pəɫ][ˈɑ.pɔɫ]
  1. apple (Malus domestica, fruit or tree)

    masculine
  2. wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)

    Suriname · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

noun/ɑˈpɛl/
  1. appeal (act of imploring or exhorting; a discourse wherein this is done)

    neuter
  2. appeal (application for legal review and overturning)

    neuter
  3. roll call (muster of troops at which names are read out, to see if all are present)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch appeel, from Old French apel.

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